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Improvement of polluted Phuket canal ‘underway’

PHUKET: Much of the polluted Klong Bangtao has been dredged in order to improve flow and reduce bottlenecks that cause stagnation, a meeting at Phuket Provincial Hall was told this morning (May 23).

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Phuket Opinion: Kept in the dark

PHUKET: If Tuesday night’s black out – the biggest outage ever recorded in Thailand – taught us anything, it is to always be careful in Thailand. That you’re on your own and that nothing is probably as it seems.

Taxis, taxis, taxis – a week of fever in Phuket

PHUKET: Thirty meter taxis from the Phuket Limousine & Business Services cooperative (PBC) convened a mob at Phuket International Airport yesterday evening (May 22), blocking one of the two roads into the airport.

NEWS TODAY May 23

'Blackout could have been avoided'. Thai industries affected by black out. Former VG house suspect overlooking Patong.

238 dead, hundreds missing in Philippines typhoon

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 5 December 2012, 03:31PM

PHILIPPINES: The death toll from a typhoon that ravaged the Philippines jumped to 238 Wednesday with hundreds missing, as rescuers battled to reach areas cut off by floods and mudslides, officials said.

Nepalese prince in more trouble

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 5 December 2012, 01:55PM

PHUKET: Nepal’s ex-Crown Prince Paras Shah, was ordered by the Phuket Court on Monday (December 3) to report for a month’s drug rehibilitation treatment at Bang Jo Prison after being found guilty of possession of marijuana.

New Phuket police stations open tomorrow

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 5 December 2012, 12:06PM

PHUKET: Two new full police stations will open tomorrow (December 6) in Phuket, in Wichit and in Karon. Each of the new police stations will have a complement of 60 officers.

Friends rally to save cancer-stricken Phuket expat

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 5 December 2012, 11:47AM

PHUKET: Friends of well known Phuket expat Kevin Ashby are rallying together to help raise funds after he was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer this week.

Australian Samui crash case reopened

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 5 December 2012, 11:06AM

THAILAND: Negative press in Australia over the way the motorbike crash which killed Australian woman Nicole Fitzsimons was handled has resulted in the case being reopened, and the chief of the relevant Samui police station being transferred elsewhere.

Second suspect named in Hungarian murder

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 5 December 2012, 10:37AM

PHUKET: Police have named a second man they believe was involved in the murder of Hungarian Peter Reisz on November 24.

Krung Thai Bank system back online

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 10:36PM

UPDATE: After five worrying hours for depositors unable to get at their money, the KrungThai Bank electronic system, which controls ATMs, online banking, bank hall transactions and credit and debit card transactions, which fell over today, is now back online. All services are working.

Phuket student in Supermodel finals

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 06:14PM

PHUKET: Seventeen-year-old Phuket student Chutimon “Chumpoo” Prasanwan has made it into the finals of the Thai Supermodel 2012 contest, which will air on Thai Channel 7 TV on Thursday December 17.

Thai queen too weak to attend king's birthday: palace

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 06:04PM

THAILAND: Thailand's queen will not attend a rare address by King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok as part of official celebrations for his 85th birthday because of poor health, the Royal Household Bureau said Tuesday.

Hungarian’s killer ‘still in Thailand’

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 05:59PM

PHUKET: Phuket’s police chief has revealed more details about the murder of Hungarian Peter Reisz last week.

Krung Thai electronic system crashes nationwide

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 05:40PM

PHUKET: The Krung Thai Bank’s electronic banking system appears to have crashed about two hours ago, with the country’s 8,000 ATMs across the country not working, and online banking not available.

Thailand ‘must drop cheap labour mindset’

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 05:27PM

THAILAND: With labour short ages continually in the spotlight, and the government’s firm commitment to the B300 day wage, Thailand has been warned that it cannot continue to rely on cheap labour to attract investment and make low-cost goods for export.

Labour shortage ‘is pushing up’ prices of condos

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 05:26PM

THAILAND: Prices for Bangkok condominiums are rising as a shortage of construction workers puts a brake on development, says property consultant Colliers International Thailand.

Phuket’s territorial taxis ‘getting worse’

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 04:45PM

PHUKET: Black taxis may now have been turned into green ones by the government, but the problem of taxi drivers in general defending their territories either by extorting “taxes” from outsiders or simply threatening them with violence has not gone away.

Diana among bookies' favourites for royal baby name

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 04:39PM

UK: Bookmakers reckon Prince William and his wife Catherine will name their baby after a close relative, with his late mother Diana among the early front-runners.

British press 'delighted' but anxious over royal baby

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 04:38PM

UK: Britain's press on Tuesday celebrated the 'delightful' news that Prince William and his wife Catherine are to have a baby, but the expectant mother's bout of morning sickness tempered spirits.

Ex-leader of Myanmar monk rallies held: official

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 04:36PM

MYANMAR: A leader of Myanmar's 2007 monk rallies has been arrested, an official said Tuesday, in his latest brush with the law since being freed from jail along with hundreds of other political prisoners this year.

US hearing for Strauss-Kahn set for December 10

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 04:29PM

US: A hearing in the civil case of disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been set for December 10, after reports he will settle with the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault.

Six dead as Typhoon Bopha lashes Philippines

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 04:28PM

PHILIPPINES: Typhoon Bopha killed at least six people in the Philippines on Tuesday as the strongest storm to hit the country this year forced more than 50,000 to seek refuge in emergency shelters, officials said.

Indonesian embassy warns maids to avoid Malaysia

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 04:28PM

MALAYSIA: Indonesian maids should avoid working in Malaysia, their embassy in Kuala Lumpur said Tuesday, after the latest domestic worker scandal there saw 105 women locked up and forced to work without pay.

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